CVE-2015-7515

medium

Description

The aiptek_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted USB device that lacks endpoints.

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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39544/

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7515

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2967-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84288

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e20cf2bce122ce9262d6034ee5d5b76fbb92f96

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285326

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8e20cf2bce122ce9262d6034ee5d5b76fbb92f96

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-27

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H